The tradition of building a giant goat out of straw began in 1966, but the historical roots of this hollow-horned mammal are unclear. Some say it originated in German paganism or Norse folklore ...

Hopefully, their efforts to keep running with the goat-shaped ball will be a lot more successful than my ill-fated attempt to make Pilgor into an impromptu replacement for that giant capybara’s ...

For Parker and her friends at Black Farm Goat Sanctuary in Ontario, Canada, human-sized teddy bears are the way to go. Parker has had a giant teddy bear of her own ever since she arrived at the ...

A recent post from Instagram’s leading nature-related account @natureismetal documents some of the predatory prowess that has carried these giant birds ... a mountain goat, and despite the ...

Scroll down for more on the customs that'll leave you exclaiming 'sleigh, what?' Sweden - giant goat a go-go Every year a 13-metre-tall (42ft) straw goat is constructed in Slottstorget Castle ...

Every year in Sweden, a town puts up a giant straw statue of a goat. It's to mark the beginning of the holiday season. Then they wait — and sometimes bet — on whether the goat will make it to ...

A giant straw goat erected every year in a Swedish town to mark the festive season has been burned down - again. Police in the town of Gavle said the 13-metre (43ft) high billy goat has been set on ...